Jack Kraus vs. Mike Magnante — Career Comparison

Jack Kraus
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Magnante
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Kraus built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Magnante as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Kraus posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.472 compared to 4.08 and 1.511 for Mike Magnante. By the career numbers, Jack Kraus had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Kraus and Mike Magnante

Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.06
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
7.05
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.15
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.44
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.73
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.47
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.71
55.71
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
4
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.08
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
919
27
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
306.1
9
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
9.34
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
9.7
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.66
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
3.91
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.41
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.48
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
2.44
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
5.06
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1354
39.78
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2696
39.28
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.78
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.55
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
4.62
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.35
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.83
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.457
1.457
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1216
35.73
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2384
34.74
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Jack Kraus and Mike Magnante

Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
7.05
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
27
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617.2
9
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.73
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.82
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.65
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
2.55
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.55
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.2
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.362
0.362
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.2
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Kraus and Mike Magnante

Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
71
413.59
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
48400
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
512.62
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.78
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
29.13
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.05
6.14
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
52.43
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.08
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.13
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.78
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-16.4
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.3
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
180.58
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.08
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Mike Magnante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Magnante
Career
Per 600 PA